Ten Little Pirate Boys (Contest)

October 19, 2012
Blaze Shadowhorn
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Yo ho, yo ho, a Pirates life for me.

Recently, I had to read the novel And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie for English class. It is a murder mystery book which really makes the reader think and overall, it was an outstanding book. You may be asking yourself, what is Blaze getting at? Let me tell you. There is a nursery rhyme in the novel that talks about 10 little indian boys who end up getting knocked off one by one. I decided it would be interesting to write one for Pirate101. The original nursery rhyme is called Ten Little Indian Boys but mine is called Ten Little Pirate Boys. Needless to say, it will take some thinking but there will be a contest at the end.

The original nursery rhyme went as follows:

Ten Little Indian Boys Went Out To Dine

One Choked His Little Self And Then There Were Nine

Nine Little Indian Boys Sat Up Very Late

One Overslept Himself And Then There Were Eight

Eight Little Indian Boys Traveling In Devon

One Said He'd Stay There And Then There Were Seven

Seven Little Indian Boys Chopping Up Sticks

One Chopped Himself In Halves And Then There Were Six

Six Little Indian Boys Playing With A Hive

A Bumbblebee Stung One And Then There Were Five

Five Little Indian Boys Going In For Law

One Got In Chancery And Then There Were Four

Four Little Indian Boys Going Out To Sea

A Red Herring Swallowed One And Then There Were Three

Three Little Indian Boys Walking In The Zoo

A Big Bear Hugged One And Then There Were Two

Two Little Indian Boys Sitting In The Sun

One Got Frizzled Up And Then There Were One

One Little Indian Boy Left All Alone

He Went And Hanged Himself And Then There Were None

The plot of the novel And Then There Were None is based off of that nursery rhyme. My version, Ten Little Indian Boys, goes as follows.

Ten Little Pirate Boys Searching For Gold

One Caused a Curse, And Then There Were Nine

Nine Little Pirate Boys Manning The Ship

One Fell Overboard And Then There Were Eight

Eight Little Pirate Boys Getting Yum Yum Fruit

One Picked The Wrong Fruit And Then There Were Seven

Seven Little Pirate Boys Battling The Armada

One Got Defeated And Then There Were Six

Six Little Pirate Boys Playing With Their Knives

One Cut Himself And Then There Were Five

Five Little Pirate Boys Tending A Fire

One Fell In And Then There Were Four

Four Little Pirate Boys Repairing Their Ships

One Forgot To Anchor And Then There Were Three

Three Little Pirate Boys Looting Deacon

One Got Caught And Then There Were Two

Two Little Pirate Boys Hosting Their Flags

One Tied It To His Underpants And Then There Was One

One Little Pirate Boy Left All Alone

He Went And Lost To Sharks And Then There Were None

Do you like it? I really enjoyed writing it. Now for the contest. Leave a comment with your own rendition of Ten Little Indian Boys and the one I like the most will receive a tier 7 KIFG code (when they are back up)!

After further review, I stand corrected to a certain extent. Most of the lines in the rhyme do in fact rhyme but I was looking at the whole rhyme as a whole and not just specific parts. So yes, Agatha Christie did in fact make a few lines rhyme and a few not.